Herbert Leslie Haigh (1899-1918)

An ongoing project to commemorate and research the lives of those who appear on war memorials and rolls of honour in the local area, who served in the military, or whose deaths were linked to conflict.

Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922

HAIGH, HERBERT LESLIE. Gunner. No 270645. 'B' Battery, 156th Brigade Royal Field Artillery. Born Newsome, Huddersfield, 1.2.1899. Son of Ben and Alice Haigh, 77 Barcroft Road, Newsome. Educated Newsome National School. Employed as an iron moulder by Messrs Edwin Mills and Son of Aspley. Single. Enlisted 1.5.1918. Killed in action near Le Cateau, 23.10.1918, aged 19 years. Has no known grave. Commemorated VIS-en-ARTOIS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.